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.......... # ¤ . # ¤ . # ¤ LYING # ¤ . # ¤ . # ¤ . ..........
.......... # ¤ . IN MY ROOM, # ¤ . ..........
.......... # ARMS FLOPPED OVER THE EDGE OF THE BED. ..........
.......... # ¤ . SOMETHING POKING MY LEFT HAND, ..........
.........^ # ¤ . SOMETHING SLIMY, ^.........
........^= # ¤ . SLITHERING AROUND THE FINGERS, =^........
.......^=* # ¤ . UP THE ARM. # ¤ . *=^.......
......^=** IS IT DRUG-FUELED APATHY? # ¤ . **=^......
.....^=**¤ # ¤ . I DON'T MOVE THE ARM. ¤**=^.....
....^=**¤£ # ¤ . # ¤ . # ¤ . £¤**=^....
...^=**¤£@ WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S TASTING ME, # ¤ . @£¤**=^...
..^=**¤£@# IT MOVES FURTHER UP, # ¤ . #@£¤**=^..
.^=**¤£@## REACHES THE ARMPIT. # ¤ . ##@£¤**=^.
..^=**¤£@# I TURN MY HEAD TOWARD IT. # ¤ . #@£¤**=^..
...^=**¤£@ # ¤ . LOOKS LIKE SEAGRASS. @£¤**=^...
....^=**¤£ # ¤ . IT'S KINDA CUTE. # ¤ . £¤**=^....
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......^=** # ¤ . ONCE IT'S UP MY NECK AND ON MY **=^......
.......^=* FACE, I BITE IT. # ¤ . *=^.......
........^= # ¤ . THE TEXTURE IS LIKE THAT OF A =^........
.........^ JUICY # ¤ . GRAPE, ^.........
.......... # ¤ . AND THE SQUISH TASTES LIKE SWEET ..........
.......... # ¤ . # ¤ . CUCUMBER. . ..........
.......... # ¤ . IT'S VERY GOOD. # ¤ . AND I # ¤ . ..........
.......... SUCK MORE OF IT IN. # ¤ . ..........
.......... # ¤ . CHEW IT. # ¤ . ..........
.......... # ¤ . THE SEAGRASS DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND. ..........
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.........^ ¤ = APATHY GONE, I SIT UP. ¤ = ^.........
........^= ¤ = THE TENDRILS ARE STUCK UNDER ¤ = =^........
.......^=* ¤ = MY SHIRT, ¤ = ENTERING BY THE ARM *=^.......
......^=** AND EXITING THROUGH THE COLLAR. ¤ = **=^......
.....^=**¤ ¤ = THIS MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO PUSH ¤**=^.....
....^=**¤£ MORE OF IT IN MY MOUTH. ¤ = £¤**=^....
...^=**¤£@ ¤ = I MAKE TO REMOVE THE SHIRT, BUT THE @£¤**=^...
..^=**¤£@# SEAGRASS FINALLY PROTESTS WHEN I TRY TO #@£¤**=^..
.^=**¤£@## MOVE MY LEFT ARM. ¤ = ##@£¤**=^.
..^=**¤£@# ¤ = SO - EATING IT IS OK, ¤ = #@£¤**=^..
...^=**¤£@ ¤ = ¤ = MOVING IT IS NOT. ¤ = ¤ = @£¤**=^...
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